Constitutional Role Of Faith Based Organizations In Competitions For Federal Social Service Funds

Although enacted into law in four previous statutes, charitable choice has been the subject of persistent controversy; and President Bush's initiative in the 107th Congress led the controversy to become highly visible. The primary concerns have been the constitutionality and desirability of the federal government directly subsidising faith-based social service programs and whether subsidised religious organisations should be able to discriminate on religious grounds in their employment practices. This new book provides background and analysis on a number of the salient factual and legal issues about charitable choice, and also discusses the relationship of faith-based organisations with state and local governments.

Witnesses: Carl Esbeck, Senior Counsel to the Dep. Att. Gen., Dept. of Justice; Douglas Laycock, Assoc. Dean for Research and Alice Young Regents Chair in Law, Univ. of Texas Law School; David Saperstein, Adjunct Prof. of Law, Dir., Religious Action, Center of Reform Judaism, Georgetown Univ. Law Center; and Ira Lupu, Louis Harkey Mayo Research Prof. of Law, George Wash. School of Law. Includes material submitted by Nathan Diament, Dir. of Public Policy, Union of Orthodox Jewish Cong. of America; remarks by Pres. George W. Bush in Commencement Address, Univ. of Notre Dame, May 21, 2001; and remarks for delivery by V.P. Al Gore on the Role of Faith-Based Org., May 24, 1999.

The Serial Set contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports. This volume includes House Reports from 107th Congress, 2nd Session, 2002.

One of the most respected and influential scholars of religious liberty in our time, Douglas Laycock has argued many crucial religious-liberty cases in the United States Supreme Court. His noteworthy scholarly and popular writings are being collected in five comprehensive volumes under the title Religious Liberty. In this final volume Laycock documents the use of the Constitu­tion’s Free Speech Clause and Establishment Clause in legal briefs, scholarly and popular articles, House testimonies, and written debates. These two clauses have been vitally important in religious-liberty cases concerning religious speech in schools, politics, and the workplace, government funding of religious schools and social services, and the meaning of separation of church and state.

Originally published in 2006, the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, is a comprehensive 3 volume set covering a broad range of topics in the subject of American Civil Liberties. The book covers the topic from numerous different areas including freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. The Encyclopedia also addresses areas such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, slavery, censorship, crime and war. The book’s multidisciplinary approach will make it an ideal library reference resource for lawyers, scholars and students.